Separatism and Sovereignty in the New Europe [electronic resource] : Party Politics and the Meanings of Statehood in a Supranational Context /
Laible, Janet.author.
This book investigates why, despite European integration, separatist nationalism continues to thrive in EU member states. Laible demonstrates that the EU sustains the importance of statehood, and therefore separatism, and creates new forms of political capital that nationalists employ in their struggles for self-government.
Description based upon print version of record.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [249]-261) and index.
Introduction: Separatism and statehood in an integrating Europe -- New contexts and new meanings for strategies of self-government -- The emergence and development of political nationalism in Scotland and Flanders -- Nationalists and Europe : initial encounters -- Europeanizing the nationalist agenda : the Scottish National Party -- Europeanizing the nationalist agenda : Vlaams Belang -- The European Parliament : the nationalist presence in a European institution -- Lobbying for the "national interest" -- Conclusion: New nationalisms in a new Europe?
This book investigates why, despite European integration, separatist nationalism continues to thrive in EU member states. Laible demonstrates that the EU sustains the importance of statehood, and therefore separatism, and creates new forms of political capital that nationalists employ in their struggles for self-government.
European Union.
Europe—History.
History, Modern.
International relations.
Europe—Politics and government.
European Union Politics.
European History.
Modern History.
International Relations.
European Politics.